Wazoo.It said in a statement on Sunday that a large part of the tribal agency has been cleared of myrmidons, including the areas considered to be strongholds of the proscribed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistain and other krazed killer organizations.
According to the ISPR, security forces have conducted house-to-house searches in Mirali and adjoining villages and cleared up to 70 per cent of the area.
Miranshah
... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
, Boya and Degan have already been cleansed of terrorists.
The operation was launched on June 18 and has resulted in displacement of around 52,000 families, who have been registered in Bannu and other places. They are living in camps, with relatives or in rented houses.
Initially, about 92,000 families were registered as internally displaced persons (IDPs) but the number was revised down after verification by the National Database and Registration Authority.
The ISPR claimed that security forces had found two "ammunition factories" with large stockpiles of kaboom. They also found 30 barrels filled with explosives and chemicals used for manufacturing improvised bombs (IEDs) in two large tunnels in Mirali town, the second largest bastion of krazed killers.
The military also claimed to have seized a large IED, weighing 5,000kg, in Boya. It was defused by a special team of army engineers. When detonated, it shook the entire agency and the kaboom was heard even in the settled area.
The ISPR statement said 570 suspected "terrorists" and 34 security personnel had been killed since the launching of Zarb-e-Azb
..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)...
. In addition, 98 hideouts and 30 IED factories, three ammunition factories and several centres for training jacket wallahs have been destroyed.
But, the claim about the killing of turbans could not be verified from independent sources because the media has no access to the area.
There are unconfirmed reports that the operation has also caused large-scale "collateral damage" in the conflict-hit area.
Huge caches of arms, communication equipment and propaganda literature had also been found, the ISPR said.